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Haute-Savoie
Coat of arms of the Haute-Savoie department
Location
Location of Haute-Savoie in France
Administration
Department number:74
Region:Rhône-Alpes
Prefecture:Annecy
Subprefectures:Bonneville
Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Thonon-les-Bains
Arrondissements:4
Cantons:34
Communes:294
President of the General Council:Ernest Nycollin
UMP
Statistics
PopulationRanked 33rd
 -1999631,679
Population density:144/km²
Land area¹:4388 km²
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Rhône-Alpes ( Franco-Provençal: Rôno-Arpes; Occitan: Ròse Aups) is one of the 26 regions of France, located on the A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Annecy ( Èneci / Ènneci in Arpitan language is a city in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Bonneville (Bônavela is a commune of the Haute-Savoie département, in France. Saint-Julien-en-Genevois is a commune and a Sous-préfecture of the Haute-Savoie département, in France Thonon-les-Bains (literally Thonon-the-Baths is a picturesque French Spa town located on the south shore of the Leman Lake. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 4 arrondissements of the Haute-Savoie department are Arrondissement of Annecy, ( prefecture of the Haute-Savoie department The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 34 cantons of the Haute-Savoie department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 294 communes of the Haute-Savoie département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
France

Haute-Savoie (Arpitan : Savouè d’Amont / Hiôta-Savouè) is a French department, named for its location in the Alps mountain range. Franco-Provençal ( Francoprovençal) or Arpitan ( Vernacular: frp francoprovençâl arpitan patouès; francoprovenzale arpitano dialetto This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys

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History

Haute-Savoie (English: "Upper Savoy") is one of two departments of the region of Savoy that was annexed by France on March 24, 1860, the other being Savoie. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States For the two French départements of the region of Savoy see Savoie and Haute-Savoie Savoy ( French Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Savoie ( Arpitan: Savouè d’Avâl) is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes ( Rôno-Arpes For its history prior to 1860, and details of the annexation and reasons for the current separatist movement in the two departments, see Savoy. For the two French départements of the region of Savoy see Savoie and Haute-Savoie Savoy ( French

Geography

Mont Blanc and Lake Annecy are located in Haute-Savoie. Mont Blanc Massif The Mont Blanc ( French for white mountain) or Monte Bianco ( Italian 'White Mountain' also Lake Annecy (French Lac d'Annecy) is a Lake in Haute-Savoie in France. To the North, Haute-Savoie borders on Switzerland, with Geneva as the closest major town, and Lake Geneva. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking Lake Geneva or Lake Léman (Lac Léman Léman Lac de Genève is the second largest freshwater Lake in Central Europe in terms of surface area (after The town of Évian-les-Bains is the most famous town on the French shore of Lake Geneva, well-known around the world for its mineral water Evian. Évian-les-Bains or Évian is a commune of France, in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie département, on the shores of In many places mineral water is often colloquially used to mean Carbonated water (which is usually carbonated mineral water as opposed to tap water Evian is a French Brand of Mineral water coming from several sources near Évian-les-Bains, on the south shore of Lake Geneva. To the east, Haute-Savoie borders Italy and to the west the department of Ain. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Ain (ɛ̃ Arpitan: En) is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France. Some of the world's most well-known ski resorts are located there. For Instance Chamonix is a city where ski and Mountaineering are at the heart of the economic activity, thanks to the Mont-Blanc (Europe's highest mountain, 4808 meters). Mont Blanc Massif The Mont Blanc ( French for white mountain) or Monte Bianco ( Italian 'White Mountain' also

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French wine is produced in several regions throughout France, on over 800000 Hectares (over 2 million Acres of Vineyards and in a typical Savoy or in French Savoie is a Wine region situated in the Savoy region in eastern France, and is sometimes referred to as the country For the early history of Savoy, before it was raised to a duchy see County of Savoy and March of Turin. The House of Savoy (Casa Savoia was formed in the early eleventh century in the historical Savoy region Kingdom of Sardinia, also known as Piedmont-Sardinia or Sardinia-Piedmont, was the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1720 when the
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